08/23/2024
Why we chose the HARDER path...
Back in Feb/March I decided to go back to building my virtual insurance agency full-time….
I TOLD myself and even truly BELIEVED the truth was that I had no choice….
Taking a very logical and practical approach, I saw that in order to maintain current expenses…we needed X amount per month and even with multiple six-figure jobs offered to me on a silver platter, they weren’t enough given our cost of lifestyle.
But looking back on the journey so far…..that was a complete LIE!
The reality is….
I could have taken either of those $100K+ jobs, Liz would have had to probably take a higher paying job doing something she didn’t love, maybe we would sell a car, sell the house, and it would have taken some small sacrifices but it would have taken us out of the mess we were in and helped us get through the storm we saw ourselves in…
But…when you’re thinking about quitting, remember why you started in the first place, right?
Well, I left the startup/corporate world because I had no BALANCE - it was always work, work, work, work which I actually LOVED but at what price?
So instead because I THOUGHT I had no choice at the time it was EASIER to say “I don’t have a choice” but looking back I ABSOLUTELY had a choice and God showed me MULTIPLE nudges on which path I should take.
He told me…..
Here is a $100K+ job doing what you LOVE on a silver platter, with growth potential, equity potential, and you already know a lot of the people you’ll be working with….AKA the easier path.
OR…
Here is a the HARD path, the path that you ALREADY tried by yourself and FAILED doing it alone. However, THIS is the path that will provide SO MUCH IMPACT to hundreds and thousands of families. Families that need my help protecting their loved ones and families that need my guidance in providing a new future with extra income for their families.
Isn't it crazy how God gives us choices even though He already knows exactly what choice we'll make?!?
But I KNEW if this was the path God called me to take and I knew it was a HARD path to take, and I’d have to start over and do it alone (at first) with no safety net then I would be obedient to God BUT this time, I wasn’t doing this alone…
Within a few weeks, I chose to be baptized, get involved with my Church, find more ways to serve at Church, give to Church, fully lean into God’s Word, intentionally pray, journal, sing, and become a disciple of Christ so I was doing it WITH GOD this time.
I knew it was going to be a HARD path….but I had no CLUE what level of HARD He had in mind…but God knew.
All glory and praise to God always!